A Hong Kong- based company finally got out of an unsavoury situation when the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) gave it permission to dump 43 million cartons of soured soy milk and fruit

HOSPITALS, clinics and other institutions where bio-medical wastes are leading to environmental and health hazards, will have to adhere to clear-cut guidelines in the future on waste disposal

Garbage in the city of Colombo in Sri Lanka will soon have the private sector taking care of its disposal. Under a new scheme, the collection of garbage would become privatised, according

A team of French scientists comprising biologists, chemists and geologists have got together to study landfill sites. They are evolving a new method to make landfills safer and leak proof

Bowing to the pressure of the Dakshina Kannada fisherfolk in Karnataka, the state government has finally directed Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) to instal a modern recycling plant

Kathmandu has finally found a way out for its mounting problem of waste management. In a letter to the Mayor of Kathmandu municipality, the residents of Chunikhel, an obscure village in Kathmandu

FACED with the daunting prospect of clearing nearly 80,000 tormes of solid waste everyday, the government has sought investments by the private sector to help get rid of it. Addressing a

Greenpeace sounds a red alert about toxic waste imports into India at workshops across the country

Tyres that never tire are an automobile's glamourous footwear, but producing these sophisticates is an environmental nightmare